Tulip Flower Meaning

The Meaning Of Tulip Flowers

The tulip is one of those flowers which meaning depends on what color it has, very much as the ordinary rose. Although the tulip is a great symbol of the Netherlands it actually originated in the Arabic parts of the Mediterranean and North Africa but was so loved by the Europeans that they started to cultivate them by themselves. The production was concentrated in the Netherlands by pure chance and that is what led to the fame it has even today.

Tulip flower meaning – General tulips

The general tulip is a symbol of the perfect lover and, obviously, the flower emblem of Holland. Why the general tulip is such a symbol is not as though to imagine as one think as the answer is of the Freudian nature. Yes, the tulip symbolizes a phallus, thus being the symbol of the perfect lover. It can not be more straightforward than that.

Tulip flower meaning – Red tulips

Red tulips are more of the questioning type of symbol that either means that the receiver should believe in the giver or is a declaration of ones love to the receiver. During the Victorian era, when the language of flowers was at its peak in popularity, one could answer by taking the flower either with ones right or left hand, right for positive response and left for negative.

Tulip flower meaning – Yellow tulips

A yellow tulip simply means “there is sunshine in your smile” which in itself means that your smile, the receivers smile, brightens the day of everybody around him or her. The yellow tulip is especially suitable for coworkers or people you feel makes a difference but that you do not know that well. The yellow tulip flower meaning is simply a discrete compliment, nothing more and nothing less.

Tulip flower meaning – Variegated tulips

Giving a variegated tulip to someone is a tad more personal since it means “you have beautiful eyes”, maybe not a message you wish to send to your coworker or someone you just happen to know. The variegated tulip is a very nice compliment and should be treated as such.